Assessing the Seventy of Challenging Behaviour: Psychometric Properties of the Challenging Behaviour Interview

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-61

  Oliver, Chris ^a   McClintock, Karen ^a   Hall, Scott ^a   Smith, Melanie ^a   Dagnan, Dave ^b   Stenfert Kroese, Biza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Challenging behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842486083     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3148.2003.00145.x     Document Type: Review

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